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Aberdeen scientists awarded £2.2million for research on Scottish fishing industry
Scientists from the University of Aberdeen have been awarded £2.2million by the European Commission for two research projects, which will ultimately benefit the local Scottish fishing industry and Scottish fish farming industry.Professor Dominic Houlihan, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering and an expert in fish feeding behaviour and...
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University joins forces with local schools to make HE more accessible
The University of Aberdeen and two local secondary schools will today (Monday, December 18) announce a unique new collaboration aimed at making higher education more accessible for pupils living in the vicinity of the University.Around 80 pupils and teachers from Linksfield Academy and St Machar Academy will witness the signing...
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University of Aberdeen Academic appointed Chairman of Ministry of Agriculture Milk Task Force
AProfessor Ken Thomson, of the Department of Agriculture & Forestry, has been appointed Chairman of a Milk Task Force set up by the Ministry of Agriculture to seek to identify scope for greater efficiencies within the milk and dairy supply chain.The Task Force comprises 10 members, from farming, the dairy...
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New study reveals true extent of Government’s roadbuilding programme
New study reveals true extent of Government’sroadbuilding programmeA new study(1) has revealed the true extent of the Government’s roadbuilding programme announced in recent documents including Transport 2010: The 10-Year Plan. The study compares Labour’s trunk-road building plans for England for the next 10 years with actual levels of completions under...
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AUPEC management buy-out signals new drive for company growth
AUPEC management buy-out signalsnew drive for company growthAUPEC, the University of Aberdeen’s petroleum economics and benchmarking consultancy, has negotiated a management buy-out to provide the company with a new springboard for success.The board of directors, Mr Tom Cross (Chairman), Professor Alex Kemp (Director) Mr David Rose (Executive Director) now hold...
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University Chefs come out tops
The University of Aberdeen came out tops as the only university to scoop two awards after competing against fifteen other teams from across the UK in the University Chefs’ Challenge 2000 in London. It was also the only university in Scotland to win an award, coming in third overall with...
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Double First for Aberdeen Historian
An Aberdeen scholar has achieved a double first by being appointed as Aberdeen's first female professor of history and the first professor of Irish history in Scotland.Dr Jane Ohlmeyer, who joined the University of Aberdeen as a lecturer in 1995, and was appointed a senior lecturer last year, has been...